Divas

Entertainer / Artist

1,5 hour

NL

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Eric Beekes tells and sings about his encounters with Divas Adèle Bloemendaal, Simone Signoret, Sonia Gaskell, Caterina Valente, Hetty Blok, Leonard Bernstein and others. "A diva is like the sun you can warm yourself to, but if you get too close you burn."

Ever since I was a child, I have admired "big names," "stars," and divas in theater and film. In this program I mention ten names. There are, of course, many more, but I have made this choice because I have been able to experience them at close quarters myself. To me, a diva is a woman, or a man, who is essentially unattainable. She or he has a specific talent, which you cannot ignore.
They command attention, are often self-centered in nature, and are almost always put on a pedestal. A diva is admired on stage, but is often lonely in the dressing room. They keep their distance from others, they have something desirable, something intangible and often carry a secret that you never fully discover. That is precisely what I find exciting and intriguing. I wanted to get to their core.

ERIC BEEKES was offered a role by Henk van Ulsen in the play Madame Jatzkowa after three years of lessons at the theater school in Amsterdam. This was soon followed by a role in Doos Mao Doos, the final exam project of director Gerardjan Reijnders, Distler's Dance of Death in a choreography by Sonia Gaskell and the founding of his own theater company De Bastaard, together with actress Simone Ettekoven. It was the start of a multifaceted career. For TV ERIC BEEKES played among others in the series Dubbelleven, De Dageraad, Sjans and in de Vlaamsche Pot. Films in which he played were among others De Bloedbank, De Kassière and Two in the Amsterdam rain. In a totally different atmosphere, poetry, and singing, he played tet successful children's concerts Droomwolken and Koffers vol Annie. Recently he played the role of Dear Boy, in the musical about the Singer without a Name. For his commitment to jeurgdtheater, ERIC BEEKES was awarded the Universal Peace Federaton for Children in 2007

Performance: Eric Beekes
Piano: Wolfgang Maiwald
Idea & concept: Roel Coppelmans
Directing opinions: Ellen Pieters, Arie Cupé, Marianne van Wijnkoop

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